sześćdziesiątka

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Polish

Polish numbers (edit)
600
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6
    Cardinal: sześćdziesiąt
    Ordinal: sześćdziesiąty
    Adverbial: sześćdziesięciokrotnie
    Multiplier: sześćdziesięciokrotny
    Collective: sześćdziesięcioro
    Additional collective: kopa
    Numeral noun: sześćdziesiątka
    Relational adjective: sześćdziesiątkowy

Etymology

From sześćdziesiąt +‎ -ka. The slang meaning comes from the Article 60 of the Polish Penal Code which means "extraordinary mitigation of punishment" (nadzwyczajne złagodzenie kary). Usually means that someone has cooperated with the police. Originally prison slang, nowadays used in general slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂɛʑ.d͡ʑɛˈɕɔnt.ka/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔntka
  • Syllabification: sześć‧dzie‧siąt‧ka

Noun

sześćdziesiątka f (diminutive sześćdziesiąteczka, augmentative sześćdziesiona)

  1. sixty (name of the number)
  2. sixty (a set or group with sixty elements)
  3. (metonymically) something assigned the number sixty: bus line, road, candidate on a ballot, etc.
  4. (informal) sixty-year-old woman
  5. (slang) informer, stool pigeon, snitch
    Synonyms: donosiciel, kapuś, (slang) sześćdziesiona

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